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My date cannot eat gluten, what should I make?

I have met a wonderful woman I am trying to woo. Yes, woo. She has celiac disease and cannot eat gluten. I’m a fairly good cook, and would like to make her something easy and delicious. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Roasted chicken with two veggies such as broccoli, carrots, string beans.

Gluten is found in grains and grain related products such as soy derivatives.

As long as you stick to regular foods unadulterated with any processed food sauces (which sometimes contain hidden soy gluten derivatives) you’re fine.

If you’re a good cook, then seasoning well with salt, pepper, lemon juice, vinegar white wine should be fine.

One of the best masterpieces is a perfectly seasoned and roasted chicken, as I’m sure you’re familiar with. A quick sauce with some chopped shallots and white wine puts it over the top all gluten free.

If you want to get a little fancy with veggies, try roasted root veggies with a touch of maple syrup and splash of vinegar. Perfect for fall.

Just avoid breads and any processed foods and stick to meats and whatever one could find growing in a veggie garden and everythings fine.

You’d be amazed at how much hidden gluten is found in processed foods. So just avoid them altogether.

Remember that meat, fish, and poultry are all GF. So are vegetables and fruit, potatoes and rice, and dairy products. A GF diet is really not the restrictive unless you get focused on what you’re missing.

I’ve been making lots of variations on quinoa salad lately. Super yummy and good (but admittedly this latest version is going out of season now that fall is here). The basics: Cook up a batch of quinoa and let it cool (takes a long time to cool unless you spread it out on a cookie sheet. Or you can make it the day before). Meanwhile cook some corn on the cob and let that cool too. Dice some tomatoes and avocados. Cut the corn off the cob and mix everything with the quinoa. Dress with olive oil, salt, and red wine vinegar. Add a splash of lemon juice if you have it. Some shredded basil leaves if you have it. Super yummy.

place noodles in large bowl cover with hot water soak 15 to 20mins or until soft cut into 3 inch pieces (this prevents them from over cooking or being soggy.)
Heat oil in wok pan, add red pepper strips, stir fry 3 min.
Add green onions, garlic and ginger; stir fry 1 min. Add curry powder and red pepper flakes.
If you are doing chicken have is cooked. Add with broth soy sauce, cook 2 min. Drain and add noodles and cook until all is hot.

I think I may have veered off the easy (or quick) route so I’ll give it another try.

Here’s something that shoul go over really well and is very easy:

Crockpot Pulled Pork with Gingerale which you can serve with Coleslaw either on top of the sandwich or as a side dish. Serve with sweet potato chips and some local craft beer or Mint Iced Tea Have hot fudge sundaes for dessert. You can either serve the pulled pork on its own, or you can find some gluten free burger buns such as these from Gillian’s Foods scroll down to the sesame seed buns. Or these ones from Gluten Not Included I think most stores like Whole Foods or Henry’s or Sprouts or other health food types of stores will most likely have gluten free burger buns or some other type of rolls or buns that you could use.